 | Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen - Ethnology - 1881 - 690 pages
...to what constituted wisdom. vlo give oneVself ear//nestly", said hè, //to the duties due to mon , and , while respecting spiritual beings , »to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom" (n). Inderdaad zijn het de leerstellingen van den voorganger der natie , die China's gansche geletterde... | |
 | Augustus Ward Loomis - China - 1882 - 444 pages
...him." AND KNOWLEDGE, Fan Ch'e asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, " The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome... | |
 | Bible - 1882 - 830 pages
...himself to say about spiritual existences, defines in a few words his position : " To give one's self to the duties due to men, and while respecting spiritual...beings to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." 2 He habitually, in referring to the idea of God, refrained from using the ancient, personal name Ti.... | |
 | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor - Primitive societies - 1883 - 490 pages
...their parents unburied. The evasion was characteristic of the teacher who expressed his theory 4 tf worship in this maxim, " to give oneself earnestly...our own time the Taepings have ma-de a step beyond Confucius ; they have forbidden the sacrifices to the spirits of the dead, yet keep up the rite of... | |
 | James Curtis Hepburn - English language - 1886 - 1012 pages
...to reverence, honor; to treat politely : kishin wo kci thite kore wo tfizaknru wo chi to in beshi, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom (Confucius) ; hito wo kei shite tiizaktru, treat one politely but have nothing to do with him. KEI-AI... | |
 | James Legge - 1887 - 360 pages
...2 Ana. XL xl. Ana. VIL f as to what constituted wisdom. '^To give one's-self earnestly/' said he, " to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.",1 At any rate, as by his frequent references to Heaven, instead of following the phraseology... | |
 | James Legge - 1887 - 356 pages
...what constituted wisdom. The Master said, " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to me», and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." He asked ancestral temple. I have coined the word litanist, to come as near to the meaning as possible.... | |
 | Marcus Dods - Religion - 1891 - 402 pages
...nothing to say about the Divine. The bent and constant attitude of his mind is given in his words, "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, this may be called wisdom." We must not look to Confucius, then, for any light upon religious matters.... | |
 | William Henry Venable - Education - 1892 - 300 pages
...or that the notion of a future life had any strong influence over his actions. "To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and while respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from them, may be considered wisdom." This is Confucian religion. It is eminently practical, if not very spiritual. It... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 472 pages
...then have the man of complete virtue. ' ' Fan-che asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said : "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be callea wisdom." He asked about perfect vjrtue. The Master said : "The man of virtue makes the difficulty... | |
| |
To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly... 
